well the problem is NOT the existence of these materials but the construction of a vehicle capable of shape shifting. The only potential circumstance can be creating the vehicle from just one piece of metal which is improbable. Once more pieces are added together and ansabled through specific industrial processes, welding, nips, etc...

However I could potential see it (if not already) a sphere made in one piece, becoming an oval or a cylinder.... but nothing else more complex...

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well the problem is NOT the existence of these materials but the construction of a vehicle capable of shape shifting. The only potential circumstance can be creating the vehicle from just one piece of metal which is improbable. Once more pieces are added together and ansabled through specific industrial processes, welding, nips, etc...

However I could potential see it (if not already) a sphere made in one piece, becoming an oval or a cylinder.... but nothing else more complex...

Okay, this is just a theory, but what if we're talking about a metal or alloy (or exotic allotrope, or whatever) that's naturally in a semisolid or liquid state? And instead of being what we'd call constructed, it's held together by an electromagnetic field, which would also allow for the shifting design.

Now why will a shape shifting vehicle be of any good? And what would happen to occupants while it shape shifted?

Well, if it's a spacecraft, a variable-geometry design could be very handy for certain things. For example, you could configure it into a ballistic cylinder for reentry to reduce drag and friction heating, then shift into any number of different forms for atmospheric operations.

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